db.r8gd.xlarge pricing and specs in EU (Ireland)
4 vCPU · 32 GiB · Up to 12.5 Gbps · graviton Graviton
$0.6084/hour on-demand · $444/month (MySQL, Single-AZ)
db.r8gd.xlarge is a memory-optimized RDS instance with 4 vCPU and 32 GiB, generation 8 of the r family on AWS Graviton (Arm). On-demand it costs $0.6084 an hour, about $444 a month if it runs all month. The newer db.r8g.xlarge offers the same size for $0.5360 an hour, 12% less. Across regions the cheapest place to run db.r8gd.xlarge is US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1) at $0.5460 an hour, 10% below EU (Ireland).
Pricing by engine (hourly, USD, Single-AZ)
| Option | MySQL | PostgreSQL | MariaDB | Aurora MySQL | Aurora PostgreSQL | Oracle SE2 | SQL Server Express | SQL Server Web | SQL Server Standard | SQL Server Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-Demand | $0.6084 | $0.6084 | $0.6084 | — | $0.6860 | — | — | — | — | — |
Newer generations of the same size
Same family letter and size in a newer generation, ranked by price. “vCPU per $” uses vCPU as the performance proxy — newer chips usually add more, so it is a floor.
Already Graviton| Type | $/h | Price Δ | vCPU per $ Δ | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| db.r8g.xlarge Graviton | $0.5360 | -12% | +14% | $53 |
| db.r8a.xlarge arch change | $0.6762 | +11% | -10% | $-49 |
Cheapest regions for db.r8gd.xlarge
| Region | On-Demand $/h | vs eu-west-1 | Saves / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1 | $0.5460 | -10% | $46 |
| US East (Ohio) us-east-2 | $0.5460 | -10% | $46 |
| US West (Oregon) us-west-2 | $0.5460 | -10% | $46 |
| Asia Pacific (Malaysia) ap-southeast-5 | $0.5580 | -8% | $37 |
| Canada West (Calgary) ca-west-1 | $0.5900 | -3% | $13 |
| Canada (Central) ca-central-1 | $0.5904 | -3% | $13 |
Caveat: instance price is only part of the bill. Cross-region and internet data transfer, latency to your users, data-residency rules and service availability can outweigh a few percent on compute.
Price history (eu-west-1)
Daily snapshots since the catalog started tracking this type; a row is added whenever a headline price changes.
| Date | OD MySQL | OD Windows | 1y RI | 3y RI | Spot p50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | $0.6084 | — | — | — | — |
All attributes
- vCPU
- 4
- Cores / threads per core
- —
- Memory
- 32 GiB
- Memory per vCPU
- 8.00 GiB
- Processor
- graviton
- Architecture
- —
- Sustained clock
- —
- Hypervisor
- —
- Generation
- Current
- Burstable
- No
- Bare metal
- No
- Free tier eligible
- No
- Network performance
- Up to 12.5 Gbps
- Network baseline / burst
- —
- Max ENIs × IPv4 per ENI
- —
- IPv6 / ENA / EFA
- — / — / —
- EBS optimized
- —
- EBS bandwidth (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS IOPS (baseline / max)
- —
- EBS NVMe
- —
- Instance storage
- 237 GB NVMe SSD
- GPU
- —
- Placement groups
- —
- Hibernation / Nitro Enclaves
- — / —
- Dedicated hosts
- —
- Boot modes
- —
- Spot supported
- —
Public AWS list prices (USD), refreshed nightly (catalog 2026-11-06). RI and Savings Plan rates are effective hourly (upfront amortised over the term) and are charged for every hour of the term. Excludes taxes, data transfer and storage. How these numbers are sourced and checked. Not affiliated with Amazon Web Services.
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